24 HAWAIIAN GROUP. 



hameha I., life and death, condemnation and acquittal, were in the 

 hands of Kaahumanu. When Kamehameha I. died, his will was, 

 " The kingdom is Liho-liho's, and Kaahumanu is his minister." 



That important feature of the government, originated by Kameha- 

 meha I., shall be perpetuated in these Hawaiian Islands, but shall 

 always be in subserviency to the law. 



The following are the duties of the premier: 



Ail business connected with the special interests of the kingdom, 

 which the king wishes to transact, shall be done by the premier under 

 the authority of the king. All documents and business of the kingdom, 

 executed by the premier, shall be considered as executed by the king's 

 authority. All government property shall be reported to him (or her), 

 and he (or she) shall make it over to the king. 



The premier shall be the king's special counsellor in the great busi- 

 ness of the kingdom. 



The king shall not act without the knowledge of the premier, nor 

 shall the premier act without the knowledge of the king, and the veto 

 of the king on the acts of the premier shall arrest the business. All 

 important business of the kingdom which the king chooses to transact 

 in person, he may do it, but not without the approbation of the 

 premier. 



GOVERNORS. 



There shall be four governors over these Hawaiian Islands — one 

 for Hawaii, one for Maui and the islands adjacent, one for Oahu, and 

 one for Kauai and the adjacent islands. All the governors, from 

 Hawaii to Kauai, shall be subject to the king. 



The prerogatives of the governors and their duties, shall be as fol- 

 lows. Each governor shall have the general direction of the several 

 tax-gatherers of his island, and shall support them in the execution of 

 all their orders which he considers to have been properly given, but 

 shall pursue a course according to law, and not according to his own 

 private views. He also shall preside over all the judges of his island, 

 and shall see their sentences executed as above. He shall also appoint 

 the judges and give them their certificates of office. 



All the governors, from Hawaii to Kauai, shall be subject not only 

 to the king but also to the premier. 



The governor shall be superior over his particular island or islands. 

 He shall have charge of the munitions of war, under the direction of 

 the king however, and the premier. He shall have charge of the forts, 

 the soldiery, the arms, and all the implements of war. He shall receive 



